Key case



April 5, 1927. 1,623,627

c. L-ORBER KEY CASE Filed April 20, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l A ril 5, 192%. 1,623,627"

C. LORBER KEY CASE Filed April 20, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 5, 1927 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LORBER, OF LOUISVILLE, IKIllITTUGKY.

KEY CASE.

Application filed April 20, 1926. Serial No. 103,311.

This invention relates to key cases and has special reference to a flexible keycase. One important object of the invention is r to provide an improved key case in which the metallic plate common in such devices will be eliminated, the whole structure being of flexiblenature. I

A second important object of the invention is to provide, in a key case, a flexible 1O unitary bar for supporting the key holding units common in such key cases.

A third .important object of the invention is to provide a novel combination'of bar and key holding units in such a case. 1 y

A fourth important object of the invention is to provide a key case of this character wherein selected keys may be positioned selectively on either side of a supporting portion or body and covered, upon closing the case, in said selected positions. A fifth, important object of, the invention isoto provide an'improved form of key case wherein the keys "may be selectively positioned with a body, bar holding flap and covers for the front and back made integrally from a suitable piece of flexible material.

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel dee tails of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed. 1 V

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views andz t Figure l is a front View of one form of the case,.certain ofthe hooks being omitted the better to show the construction of the device.v

Figure 2' is a fragmentary view of the de vice as shown in Figure 1 with the top or bar holding flap folded upwardly as it is when blanking out the main part of the key case.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one form of flexible supporting bar used herewith. Y

' Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective of a second form of supporting bar or rod to an-enlarged scale; s

P Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 of a third form of supporting bar.

, Figure is a fragmentary perspective of units.

of the device, the covers being shown open.

Figure 9 is a view similar toFigure 8'.

showing both covers closed. Figure 10 is a view of the modified for showlng the bar holding flap upturned.v

the upper part of one of the key holding Figure 11 is an enlarged section on the line 11--11 of being omitted.

Figure 12 is a section on the line of Figure 9.

Figure 8, the key holding unit In the first form of the invention there is is positioned a flexible rod 16 which may be, a straight cylindrical rod made from At H raw-hide orother like material as shown'in Figure A or may havespaced peripheral grooves 17 formed in a rod 18 also of raw-v hide or the like as in'Figure Another form which this flexible rod may take is shown in Figure 7 wherein isdisclosed a rod 19 formed of a square metallic wire spirally wound as in flexible shat'ting or the flexible temples used in spectacles.

V The key holding units here disclosed each consists of a wire having one end wound to form a ring consistingot a convolution 20 from which projects a shank 21 which passes through a suitable opening in the eye of a hook 22 and is provided with a head 23 to hold the ring and shank to the hook. These rings 20 engage on the flexible rod, be-

ing positioned in the grooves 17, when the lland flap 13 are formed integrally from a sheet of suitable flexible material such as leather, a leather substitute or other like.

material.

In the form shown in Figure there is provided a body 24 having at one side a cover flap 25 which is foldable over on the face of the body, this flap and the body hav ing cooperating snap button parts 26, by which the cover may be held in closed position. At the other side of the body is a flap 27 which folds over the back of the body and is provided with an edge portion 28 which overlaps the folded part of the front cover and may be secured thereto by cooperating snap button parts 29. At the top of the body is provided a rod holding flap 30 having spaced slots 31 formed therein, these slots being prolonged downwardly into the body so that when the flap is doubled down the slots will extend downwardly an equal distance both in the body and the flap. This flap is held by the usual stitching In this form it will be seen that the body, both covers and flap are cut from a single sheetof material and form an integral whole as before.

The key hooks are held in this form just as in the first described form and these parts have been accordingly given the same reference characters.

By reason of the slots extending downwardly both on the front and back of the body certain keys, such as those most used or those which are expected to be used, may be positioned in front of the body while the remainder may be kept on the other side of the body. For instance one may keep his nightlatch key on one side and the remain der on the other or he may keep the keys to his automobile separate from other keys by a similar arrangement.

There has thus been provided a simple and eflicient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. A key case having a flexible body and covering means, a flexible flap forming an extension of said body, said flap being provided with spaced slots and being secured adjacent its lower edge to the body, a flexible l'Od held within the flap and extending across the slots, and key holding units carried by said rod and projecting through said slots, said slots extending into the body below the top thereof whereby the key holding units may be positioned against each side of the body, and key covering means carried by the body and arranged to cover keys on both sides of the body.

A key case having a flexible body and covering means, a' flexible flap forming an extension of said body, said flap being pro vided with spaced slots and being secured. adjacent its lower edge to the body, a flexible rod held within the flap and extending across the slots, key holding units carried by said rod and projecting through said slots, said slots extending into the body below the top thereof whereby the key holding units may be positioned against each side of the body, said covering means including a flap at one side of the body foldable on the front thereof, a second flap at the other side of the body foldable on the back thereof, and independent securing means on the flaps and body for holding the flaps independently in closed position.

3. A key case having a flexible body and covering means, a flexible flap forming an extension of said body, said flap being provided with spaced slots and being secured adjacent its lower edge to the body, a flexible rod held within the flap and extending across the slots and provided with spaced annular grooves lying opposite the slots, and key holding units each including a ring engaging the rod in a groove thereof, a shank extending through the slot opposite said groove and a hook swiveled to the shank, said slots extending into the body below the top thereof whereby the key holding units may be positioned against each side of the body, and key covering means carried by the body and arranged to cover keys on both sides of the body.

a. A key case having a flexible body and covering means, a flexible flap forming an extension of said body, said flap being provided with spaced slots and being secured adjacent its lower edge to the body, a flexible rod held within the flap and extending across the slots and provided with spaced annular grooves lying opposite the slots, key holding units each including a ring engaging the rod in a groove thereof, a shank extending through the slot opposite said groove and a hook swiveled to the shank, said slots extending into the body below the top thereof whereby the key holding units may be positioned against each side of the body, said covering means including a flap at one side of the body foldable on the front thereof, a second flap at the other side of the body foldable on the back thereof, and independent securing means on the flaps and body for holding the flaps independently in closed position.

5. A key case having a flexible body and covering means, a flexible flap forming an extension of said body, said flap being provided with spaced slots and being secured adjacent its lower edge to the-body, a flexible rod held within the flap and extending across the slots, key holding units carried by said rod and projecting through said slots, said slots extending into the body below the top thereof whereby the key holding units may be positioned against each side of the body, said covering means including a flap at one side of the body foldable on the front thereof, a second flap at the other side of the body foldable on the back thereof, and independent securing means 011 the flaps and body for holding the flaps independently in closed position, the covering means, flap and body being made integrally from a sheet of suitable material.

6. A key case having a flexible body and covering means, a flexible flap forming an extension of said body, said flap being provided with spaced slots and being secured adjacent its lower edge to the body, a flexi ble rod held within the flap and extending across the slots and provided with spaced annular groves lying opposite the slots, key

holding units each including a ring engaging the rod in a groove thereof, a shank extending through the slot opposite said groove and a hook swiveled to the shank, said slots extending into the body below the top thereof whereby the key holding units may be positioned against each side of the closed position, the covering means, flap and 7 body being made integrally from a sheet of suitable material.

7. A key purse including a body, a cover flap adapted to cover one side of the body,

a second cover flap adapted to cover the remaining side of the body, and key holding means at one end arranged to permit movement of keys from position against one side of the body to lie against the other.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES LORBER. 

